Let’s get something straight. Egypt calls for Israel to exercise restraint after the latest bus bombing that killed 1 and injured more than 50 people.

That’s after dozens of rockets and mortars were fired (and another 10 or so were fired after the bombing) causing damage to farms and communities within range of Gaza.

That’s after the Fogel family was murdered in cold blood - including an infant and two other young children.

That’s after dozens upon dozens of rockets and mortars fired into Israel from Gaza since the beginning of the year.

That’s after hundreds of kassams, mortars, and grads fired at Israel in 2010.

That Israel hasn’t attacked Gaza in a coordinated way in the size and scope of Cast Lead is an inherent sign of restraint. Every time Israel shows restraint, Israel’s enemies read it as a sign of weakness, but the moment Israel unleashes its military capabilities, these same countries and anti-Israel usual suspects will claim that Israel is using disproportionate force to eliminate the threat to Israel even as Israel’s enemies seek nothing less than Israel’s ultimate elimination.

Israel appears to be getting goaded into action, as the kassams didn’t get a serious response, nor did the Fogel murders, but this bombing may lead to Netenyahu to call up the reserves and mobilize for another push into Gaza to deal with Hamas and PIJ. Israel may also have to deal with the West Bank at the same time - particularly if these attacks lead back to Fatah/PLO/AAMB, which is bad news for Abbas who has been trying to play this as a PIJ/Hamas thing (the triangle offense at work).